Foot-measuring device.



No. 745,184. PATENTED NGV. 24, 1903; 1). E. HERTZLER & 0. F. SMITH.

FOOT MEASURING DEVICE. N0 MODEL. APPLICATION FILED MAE. 5. 190a. SSHHTFSHEET z lwwenlozs ins co. PuoTo-L 'mo. WASNINGTON o c No. 745,184. PATENTED NOV. 24,1903. '1). B. HERTZLER & 0. F. SMITH.

FOOT MEASURING DEVICE.

' PPPPP GA IIIIIIIIII AB. 5, 1903.

I N 0 M 0 D E L UNITED STATES.

' Patented November 24, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL E. HERTZLER AND CHARLES F. SMITH, 'OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

FOOT-M EASU-RING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,184, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed March 5, 1903. Serial No. 146,333. (No modeld To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL E. HERTZLER and CHARLES F. SMITH, citizens of the United States, and residents of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Foot-Measuring Devices; and we declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the inven tion. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the invention; Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan detail view of part D andslide d, showing connection of spring (1 Fig. 6 is a detail view of slide (1. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of indicating-slide E. Fig. 8 is a detail crosssection on line 8 8, Fig. 3.

This invention has relation to devices for measuring the foot for boots and shoes, and has for its object the provision of size-indicating devices which will expedite the fitting, providing means for readily ascertaining the correct length and width of the shoe for both right and left foot and in all cases.

With this object in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, all as-hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

the letter A designates a platform or base of general rectangular form and made of wood or other suitable material and having a plane upper surface of sufficient length and breadth for the purpose in view. This plate has at the rear an upwardly-projecting heel-rest B, longitudinally adjustable by means of screws 6 engaging slots 1). At each side of the base A are longitudinal bars 0 and 0, one bar, 0, being fixed and extending from one end of the heel-rest to the opposite end portion of the base, while the other bar, 0, is arranged to have-a lateral movement to accommodate feet of different widths. For this purpose a transverse recess D is formed in the baseplate, into which is inset a transverse metal piece D, having formed therein a lengthwise slot (1. The bar 0 is fastened to this piece D at one end thereof, and working in the slot 01 is a slide d, fastened to the bar 0 and acted upon by coil-spring d fixed to the underside of metal piece D to force it inwardly upon the base-plate toward bar 0, a set-screw 61 being arranged to fix the adjustment of bar 0''.

Upon the upper surfaces of the bars 0 and C, at the central portion thereof, is the sizescale 00, running from 1 to 14, inclusive, with subdivisions for half-numbers, although such scale may include childrens sizes, running from mens 14 or 15, if desired, to childrens 9., the number 13 for childrenbeing placed next below the number 1 for men and 12, 11, l0, and 9 following the 13, the oblique lines of the widththe ball of the foot, isopen at the top to ex-- pose the scale below, and givesthe correct length or size of the shoe by shoe-numbers. At the forwardend portion of the bars O 0, upon the inner surface thereof, is marked the toe-scale y from 1 to 13, inclusive, with subdivisions for half-numbers, and correctly estimating in connection with indicating-slide F, having set-screws upon each said bar, the length or size of the foot by shoenumbers, which will ordinarily agree with the size given by the scale at, but in any case in feet of unusual formation will give the proper length of the shoe.

The toe-scale may be likewise modified to include childrens sizes, as before stated, for

60,77 (13,77 A, (AA), AAA. the adjustment of bar 0, which works over scale Z, is fixed, or when said bar rests against the side of the foot, the opposite side being against bar C, the correct width will be indicated by the intersection of the division or subdivision, marking the size in the scale as, with one of the. divisions of the width-scale Z.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is shown a modi- IOO fied form of our invention, wherein the widthscale is represented by longitudinal lines or divisions 1, parallel to the sides of the baseplate, and which act in connection with triangular plate 2, carried by the movable bar 0 and bearing the divisions of the size-scale ac to estimate the width of the shoe.

In calculating the size or length of the foot by the size and toe scales w and y the bars 0 and O and their slides are used separately for the right and left foot-that is to say, but one ball-slide and one toe-slide for each foot.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Inafoot-measuring device, aWidth-scale upon the base-plate, and means having a movable member operating over such widthscale for indicating the length and width of the foot, substantially as specified.

2. In a foot-measuring device, the heel-rest, the fixed side bar, the spring-pressed movable side bar, means for securing the movable side bar in adjusted position, and means in connection with said side bars for indicating the length and width of the foot, substantially as specified.

3. In a foot-measuring device, the baseplate, the heel-rest, the fixed side bar, and movable side bar bearing the size-scale, the Width-scale upon the base-plate, and means acting in connection therewith for indicating the length and width of the foot, substantially as specified.

4:. In a foot-measuring device, the baseplate, the heel-rest, the fixed side bar and the movable side bar, bearing the size and toe and the ball and toe slides carried by said side bars, substantially as specified.

5. In a foot-measuring device, the baseplate, the heel-rest, the fixed side bar and the movable side barbearing the size and toe scales, the width-scale upon the base-plate intersecting the size-scale, and the ball and toe slides upon said side bars, substantially as specified.

6. In a foot-measuring device, the baseplate, having a transverse recess, the heelrest, the fixed side bar, the movable side bar, having a slide workingin said recess, the coilspring connected with said slide, said side bars bearing the size and toe scales, the widthscale upon the base-plate, and intersecting the size-scale, and the ball and toe slides upon said side bars, substantially as specified.

7. In a foot-measuring device, the baseplate, having a transverse recess, the heelrest, the fixed side bar, the movable side bar, having a slide working in said recess, the coilspring connected with said slide, said side bars bearing the size and toe scales, the widthscale upon the base-plate, and consisting of a series of oblique lines intersecting the sizescale, and the ball and toe slides upon said side bars, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof We aiiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

DANIEL E. I-IERTZLER. CHARLES F. SMITH. Vitnesses:

0. II. MOHLAND, S. J. BEcxMAN. 

